New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on a BJP leader's plea in defamation case against her for allegedly saying the BJP attempted to poach AAP MLAs. "Issue notice to the respondent," said Justice Vikas Mahajan. The matter would be heard in April.
The senior counsel for the complainant Praveen Shankar Kapoor argued a special court exceeded the scope of its jurisdiction while rejecting his defamation complaint and quashing the summons issued by a magisterial court to the AAP leader.
He objected to the special court "justifying" Atishi's conduct by calling her a whistleblower and sought a direction to stay the observations. Justice Mahajan however did not pass any direction on the ...